The court held that the motion judge did not err in
dismissing the claim for breach of contract, but varied the order to permit an amendment of the pleadings to plead the specific term of the agreement that was allegedly breached, if available on the facts.
Not exact matches
However, where an employer prematurely
claims frustration
of the employment
contract and terminates the employment relationship on that basis, the employee will be found to have been wrongfully
dismissed, and will be entitled to common law reasonable notice as well as damages
for a
breach of the Code.
(14 day trial; Construction
contract; project management;
claims alleging fraudulent misappropriation, deceit,
breach of fiduciary duty, dishonest assistance and professional negligence against designers / project managers;
claim for an account; all serious allegations against Marc Beaumont's client
dismissed).
Secured dismissal
of action alleging
breaches of fiduciary duties, conversion, fraud, tortious interference with expectancy, accounting,
breach of contract, money had and received, and conspiracy in the U.S. District Court
for the Central District
of California on a Motion to
Dismiss for Lack
of Personal Jurisdiction and Failure to State a
Claim;
Copyright infringement and
breach of contract claims brought by the graphic design firm LimeCoral against employment website operator CareerBuilder were properly
dismissed by the federal district court in Chicago, the U.S. Court
of Appeals
for the Seventh Circuit has decided
What to do if a worker does not have the right to work in the UK,
for example,
dismissing a worker with a view to avoiding
claims for breach of contract and / or discrimination.
It will be recalled that these cases concerned
claims for open - ended contractual damages
for alleged
breaches of employment
contracts by the employers in the way that the claimants were disciplined and
dismissed.
A consultant surgeon
dismissed for gross professional and personal misconduct can not bring a # 3.8 m
claim against an NHS trust
for breach of contract regarding the disciplinary hearing, the Supreme Court has ruled.
March 2000 - Bench Trial (5 days) Court: Los Angeles County Superior Court (Hon. Joseph R. Kalin) Case:
Breach of Written Employment
Contract for Chief Financial Officer Role: Lead Trial Attorney Verdict: Plaintiff (fraud
claims and individuals
dismissed before trial)
Harvard Associates, Ltd. v. Hayt, Hayt & Landau (238 A.D. 2d 378)- summary judgment to
dismiss broker's
claim for breach of contract denied where issue
of fact exists as to whether or not broker was the procuring cause
of re-negotiated lease;
contract provision obligates the party to protect and preserve the broker's right to recover any earned commission from the owner.
Soviero v. Carroll Group International, Inc. (27 A.D. 3d 276)- salesperson asserted causes
of action
for breach of an oral employment agreement,
for wages, statutory liquidated damages and statutory attorney's fees under the Labor Law,
for conversion and conspiracy to commit conversion by the broker and punitive damages
for intentional tort; order
dismissing all causes
of action except the
breach of contract claim affirmed; salesperson was fired by the firm and was no longer an «employee» or a «commissioned salesman»
of the brokerage firm after her termination, such as would entitle her to wages or a commission; conversion cause
of action fails as salesperson must have exercised ownership, possession or control
of the property in the first place which she never had such ownership; no viable
claim for punitive damages which are not recoverable
for ordinary
breach of contract